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Letzers Patent No. 74,859, dcted February 25,1868.

IMPROVED PocKnT ron BILLET-STRAPS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERNi l Be it knonnfthat I, ,IInNnY H. SMHII, of Wilmington, in the county of VNew Castle, and Slate of Delawere, have invented o. new` and useful Pocket for Billet-Straps; and I do hereby declare thefollowing -to be a full, clear, and exa-cl: description of the seme, suicientto enable one'skilled in the art 'to which the :invention appel-taies to make use of it, referenco being had -to tbe accompanying d-rawingmnvhich forma. pal-h ofthi specification, hnd in which-.

Figure 1 is a perspective view.` Figure 2 is n longiigudinul section.

This is a. hard-rubber or metnllic pocket for receiving theends of the billet-straps whielrsecnre the curtain l to the beck stay of a. carriage. Hard rubber will suireiently resemble. lentherv to renderit a suitable material for the purpose; but if of metal, it'will bc proper to cover it willi'leather'or a c cat of other suitable materiel.

In'tbe drawings, A represents a part of. the bnck'curtain of ai. carriage, and B one ofithe back stays. C

l is the billet-strap attached 1o the curtain, and fastened by the buckle Dto tbeetay, the end of the billet-strap being secured and protected' by the pochet'E, which I prefer to make of hard rubber, or it may' be made of metal and covered wiih leather,` :1s represented in the sectional x'fieiv, iig. 2, where Erepreseuts the `metal and F the leather covering. Wheninade of herd rubber it wll'be provided with holes around near its margin, by which to sew it tothe stay, and if made of metal they will be similarly punched, ready for the carriage-trimmer.

It will prove a. grcateonvenience as a readily-appliedpocket, Vfor tbe purpose'of protecting the ends ofthe billet-straps, which will look much nea'ter than when their ends are allowed to clix-l 'up and hang down fior leek` of support. l Y

The device may be'used for other analogous purposes in hujrness and trunks, foribe protection ofthe ends of straps.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` A pocket, E, 'of metal, or its equivalent, and at the .lower edge cf which is a. perforated flange, 'or the pnrpose specified. .n V

To the above specification of my improvement I have signed my hand, this 26th of December, 18166.

HENRY HQSMITH. i

Witnesses.:

EDWARD H. KNIGHT, i GEO. W. RornwnLL.` 

